Texas Music

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Summary: Informative but flawed
Review: As someone who has been a fan of the Austin music scene since the late 70's, I enjoyed reading about the bands I've followed over the years. There are lots of interesting tidbits in the book, but on the negative side Mr Koster tends to use the same phrases and descriptions too many times. He also could have used a fact-checker, he says the Sex Pistols played at Randy's Radio when it was actually Randy's Rodeo and he mixes up Southwest Texas State Univ with Southwestern Univ, just to name a couple mistakes.

Overall, I'd recommend this book to anyone who is a music fan and is interested in the history of music in Texas.

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Summary: Correction:
Review: Contrary to your listing of this book, I did not write a foreward or afterward for this book.

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Summary: GREAT BOOK, but
Review: I WAS HOPING TO READ MORE ABOUT CERTAIN ARTISTS LIKE "JOHN NITZINGER" AND "B.W. STEVENSEN" ,BUT THIS BOOK DOES HAVE GREAT RANGE IN IT'S ARTIST INFO!
KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR "NITZINGER", HE'S COMING BACK AT YOU!!!

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Summary: In a word... fantastic!
Review: One of the finest writers in the catagory to come along in a long time. His work is percise and witty. This book is a must have for your music collection. A fantastic referrence.

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Summary: Is English his first language? Must be!
Review: The saddest part of the story is that libraries all across the US had to buy this book as one of the only two available print references on TX Music. I bet most English writers in the third world can write much better. Contentwise, the book does have some of the requisite basic information. But that's about all.

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Summary: In a word... fantastic!
Review: This book is really poorly written, with factual errors and sophomoric humor. Many of the musicians are poorly represented, some with merely a reference. But what is amazing is how many great musicians are from Texas. I found myself thinking about the information I learned from this book a lot, and I found myself recommending the book for its information to a number of people as well. Don't look for a literary experience, but you might get a lot out of this book.